propagate

Meanings

• transmit from one generation to the next
  • "propagate these characteristics"
• travel through the air
  • "sound and light propagate in this medium"
• transmit
  • "propagate sound or light through air"
• become distributed or widespread
• transmit or cause to broaden or spread
  • "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
• cause to become widely known
• cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
• multiply sexually or asexually

Synonyms

broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, spread